> normal and completely natural In Portland, where I used to live, there are more hundred-plus-degree days and heat deaths in the last decade than in the city'

> normal and completely natural In Portland, where I used to live, there are more hundred-plus-degree days and heat deaths in the last decade than in the city's entire recorded history. The city has had to open cooling centers for extended periods every summer for vulnerable people, something that was never needed before outside of specific single-year exceptional heat waves. https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2017/08/its_not_just_your_imagination.html https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2017/08/its_not_just_your... https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/08/25/extreme-heat-claims-third-victim-of-the-year-in-multnomah-county/ https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/08/25/extreme-heat-claims-th...